Saint Louis of France

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Louis IX (1214-1270) reigned from 1226 until 1270.
At his coronation as King of France, Louis IX bound himself by oath to behave as God’s anointed, as the father of his people and feudal lord of the King of Peace.
Louis “took the cross” for a Crusade when he was 30.
 
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Louis IX (1214-1270) reigned from 1226 until 1270.
At his coronation as King of France, Louis IX bound himself by oath to behave as God’s anointed, as the father of his people and feudal lord of the King of Peace.
Louis “took the cross” for a Crusade when he was 30.
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Pax Christi!

Also, I believe, the patron saint of kings.

Hey, they get a patron saint, too.

God bless.
 
France was really blessed with great Catholic kings like Charlemagne and Pepin.
 
Louis was always respectful of the papacy, but defended royal interests against the popes.
He refused to acknowledge Pope Innocent IV’s sentence against Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II.
 
St. Louis IX - he was a very good and just King. He was married and was devoted to the poor
and lead a life of prayer and penance. Devoted to various Religious Orders (and was granted membership even as a lay person). He undertook two crusades for the liberation of the Holy Land and was held captive by Muslims. His letter to his son in which he urged him to always live a Christian life is famous.
 
Every day Louis had 13 special guests from among the poor to eat with him.
A large number of poor were served meals near his palace.
During Advent and Lent all who presented themselves were given a meal. King Louis often served them in person.
 
King Louis IX founded hospitals, visited the sick and, like his patron Saint Francis, cared for people with leprosy.
Louis is one of the patrons of the Secular Franciscan Order.
 
King Louis IX bought the relics of Christ for which he built the Saint-Chapelle.
The Saint-Chapelle (Holy Chapel), in the courtyard of the royal palace, was built to house Louis IX’s collection of the relics of the Lord Jesus, which included the Crown of Thorns and the Image of Edessa.
Louis purchased the relics from Baldwin II, Emperor of Constantinople.
Saint-Chapelle was consecrated on April 26, 1248.
 
Docile to the decrees of the Lateran Council (1215), according to which kings were not to tax the churches of their realm without authority from the Pope, Louis IX claimed and obtained from successive popes, in view of the Crusade, the right to levy quite heavy taxes from the clergy.
 
In 1244 King Louis IX and his mother Blanche of Castile visited Citeaux Abbey, south of Dijon, France.
 
I love all of these details of Louis IX. Very interesting. St. Louis, pray for us.
 
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